ELT Calendar

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrou-kansha-no-hi)

Tohoku ELT Expo
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Many speakers
Organization: ETJ Sendai (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Short description: Bringing together all English teachers. There will be presentations and materials for college teachers, high school teachers.

8th Immediate Method Autumn Workshop
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Jean-Luc Azra, Pierre Babineau, Bill Perry, Stephen Richmond, Kathy Riley, Marc Sheffner, Bruno Vannieu
Organization: Research Group for Teaching Conversation in Japan
Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Short description: The Immediate Method (IM) Autumn Workshop is an annual event that brings together foreign language teachers from all over Japan to learn and exchange ideas about conversation teaching.

Task Sequence and Design for all Classrooms
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: John Gunning
Organization: Shizuoka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Short description: The presenter will give a brief introduction of tasks related to motivational theory based on the Pintrich and De Groot's Model (1990). Then, in a workshop format, take the participants through a receptive skills listening lesson specifically focusing on task sequences and how that may help or hinder student learning by improving their levels of motivation.

ETJ Chiba Meeting: Sharing ideas for Christmas
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Discussion and Idea Sharing
Organization: ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: Please bring your favorite Christmas picture books, songs, games, craft ideas, photos or party tips for children and junior high school students. .

Peer Support Writing Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Myles Grogan, Matt Apple, Deryn Verity
Organization: Osaka Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: Contributions for the JALT 2008 Proceedings are due on December 1st. In this workshop, we hope to provide peer support for anyone planning to submit a paper.